Mumbai: Around 90 percent students from Mumbai, who passed their SSC examination recently, have applied for admission to the First Year Junior College (FYJC) through the online mode.

Nearly 2.36 lakh students filled up their application forms online by Wednesday evening.

Aatul Wadegaonkar, general manager, educational e-governance Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL) said, "1.64 lakh applications were not only submitted at the designated submission centres but also uploaded onto the website by the backend team working on the process."

The online admission site has been set up by the MKCL.